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outwit

[out-wit]

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verb (used with object), -wit·ted, -wit·ting.

to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.

Archaic. to surpass in wisdom or knowledge.

Origin:
1645–55; out- + wit¹

Synonyms
1. outguess, outfox, outmaneuver, outthink, finesse.

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outwit (ˌaʊtˈwɪt)

—vb , -wits, -witting, -witted
1.	to get the better of by cunning or ingenuity
2.	archaic to be of greater intelligence than

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outwit

"to get the better of by superior wits," 1652, from out + wit (q.v.).

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"Certainly it was ordained as a scourge upon the pride of human wisdom, that the wisest of us all, should thus outwit ourselves, and eternally forego our purposes in the intemperate act of pursuing them."

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